2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters
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Fault Name State
Table Bluff California
GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees) 45
Dip direction NE
Sense of slip thrust
Rupture top (km) 0
Rupture bottom (km) 13
Rake (degrees) 90
Length (km) 49
MODEL VALUES
Slip Rate 0.6
Probability of activity 1
  ELLSWORTH HANKS
Minimum magnitude 6.5 6.5
Maximum magnitude 7.20 7.00
b-value 0.8 0.8
Fault Model Deformation
Model
Char Rate1 GR-a-value1 Weight
Stitched 2.1 2.05e-04 / 4.10e-04 1.450 / 1.678 0.50
UnStitched 2.1 2.05e-04 / 4.10e-04 1.450 / 1.678 0.50
Stitched 2.4 2.05e-04 / 4.10e-04 1.450 / 1.678 0.50
UnStitched 2.4 2.05e-04 / 4.10e-04 1.450 / 1.678 0.50
1 1st Value is based on Ellsworth relation and 2nd value is based on Hanks and Bakun relation
Comments
Poorly constrained slip rate based on 700 m vertical offset of basement rocks. Age of deformation assumed to have begun about 1 Ma (McCrory, 1996).